Umbrella-holder



(No Model.)

T. B. OOMINS.

I UMBRELLA HOLDER.

No. 494,123. Patented Mar. 28, 1893.

' mm M0060 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS B. OOMINS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

UMBRELLA-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 494,123, dated March 28, 1893. Application filed July 18, 1892. Serial No. 440,293. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS E. OoMINs, of the city of Boston, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Attaching Umbrellas and other Articles to Garments; and the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being taken to the following drawings, which form part of this specification.

This invention is in the nature of a device to be attached to a garment, whereby an umbrella, cane or other article may be carried on the person of the user, and the invention consists in a device for attaching umbrellas, &c., to the person, constructed substantially in the manner hereinafter shown, described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a rear, and Fig. 2 a face view of my device. Fig. 3 is a view showing it attached to the waist-coat of the wearer.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

An umbrella when not in use as a protection against rain or sun is inconvenient to ones self and to others if tucked under the arm, or used as a Walking stick and it is particularly inconvenient when in addition one is obliged to carry bundles. To obviate these inconveniences and to render the carrying of an umbrella when not in use convenient and comfortable, I construct a device or carrier consisting of a suspender A made from a strip of suitable metal or other substance. This strip is folded over at a to form a clamp or hook B. To the lower part or end of this suspender is attached by means of a hinge jointc the back part of a holder C. This holder is preferably of horse shoe shape and it may, if desired be provided with a stop I) which keeps the holder when the device is in use, at right angles to the suspender A. The front end of the holder may be made with a simple lock 01 so that when the holder is not in use, it may be turned up against the suspender and fixed or locked to it (see Figs. 1 and 2).

When my carrier is constructed substantially as I have described it above, it is operated by simply hookingthe suspender to the lower edge of the arm hole of the waist-coat, unlocking the free end of the holder G from the suspender A and inserting the handle of the umbrella below its head into the holder which will then grasp it with a spring tension and so keep the head of the umbrella from slipping through the holder which supports it. When so used the stop b keeps the holder at right angles to the suspender as before stated, and as seen in Fig. 3.

When the umbrella is suspended by the carrier, the coat may be buttoned over it and render the umbrella inconspicuous and its carrying convenient, leaving both hands free for other purposes.

As is obvious, the carrier may be employed for carrying a stick, &c.

When the holder is not in use it is folded up and locked to the suspender.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device for carrying umbrellas consisting of a suspender for securing it to the person of the wearer and a holder 0 hinged thereto to open to an approximately horizontal position and open laterally to receive the ulnbrella, substantially as, set forth.

2. In a device for attaching umbrellas &c., to the person a hooked suspender, in combination with a hinged holder provided with a stop I) and a lock d substantially as, and for the purposes, set forth.

3. In a device for attaching umbrellas &c., to the person, a hooked suspender combined with a spring holder hinged thereto and provided with a lock (1 substantially as, and for the purposes, set forth. v

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand this 14th day of July, 1892.

THOMAS B. OOMINS.

\Vi tnesses:

FREDK. H. MATTHEWS, CHAS. L. DAVENPORT. 

